خرشنة
Arabic
Etymology
From the root خ ر ش (ḵ r š) dealing with "scratching", "scrapping", "peeling", "to snatch or claw at." Uncertain reference to perhaps its slender beak, the distinguishing characteristic from the wider-billed gulls; from a common practice of forming a nest by scratching a groove in sand; a forked-shaped tail; or simply from its swooping down and snatching small fish.
Perhaps semantically related to שחף (shákhaf, “seagull; unidentified non-kosher aquatic bird”), also with an etymology meaning to peel, generally suggested to reference an "emaciated or slender figure".
Noun
خَرْشَنَة • (ḵaršana) f (plural خَرْشَنَات (ḵaršanāt))
- tern, Sterna
- (when in plural also) Charadriiformes
Declension
| singular | singular triptote in ـَة (-a) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | خَرْشَنَة ḵaršana |
الْخَرْشَنَة al-ḵaršana |
خَرْشَنَة ḵaršanat |
| nominative | خَرْشَنَةٌ ḵaršanatun |
الْخَرْشَنَةُ al-ḵaršanatu |
خَرْشَنَةُ ḵaršanatu |
| accusative | خَرْشَنَةً ḵaršanatan |
الْخَرْشَنَةَ al-ḵaršanata |
خَرْشَنَةَ ḵaršanata |
| genitive | خَرْشَنَةٍ ḵaršanatin |
الْخَرْشَنَةِ al-ḵaršanati |
خَرْشَنَةِ ḵaršanati |
| dual | indefinite | definite | construct |
| informal | خَرْشَنَتَيْن ḵaršanatayn |
الْخَرْشَنَتَيْن al-ḵaršanatayn |
خَرْشَنَتَيْ ḵaršanatay |
| nominative | خَرْشَنَتَانِ ḵaršanatāni |
الْخَرْشَنَتَانِ al-ḵaršanatāni |
خَرْشَنَتَا ḵaršanatā |
| accusative | خَرْشَنَتَيْنِ ḵaršanatayni |
الْخَرْشَنَتَيْنِ al-ḵaršanatayni |
خَرْشَنَتَيْ ḵaršanatay |
| genitive | خَرْشَنَتَيْنِ ḵaršanatayni |
الْخَرْشَنَتَيْنِ al-ḵaršanatayni |
خَرْشَنَتَيْ ḵaršanatay |
| plural | sound feminine plural | ||
| indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | خَرْشَنَات ḵaršanāt |
الْخَرْشَنَات al-ḵaršanāt |
خَرْشَنَات ḵaršanāt |
| nominative | خَرْشَنَاتٌ ḵaršanātun |
الْخَرْشَنَاتُ al-ḵaršanātu |
خَرْشَنَاتُ ḵaršanātu |
| accusative | خَرْشَنَاتٍ ḵaršanātin |
الْخَرْشَنَاتِ al-ḵaršanāti |
خَرْشَنَاتِ ḵaršanāti |
| genitive | خَرْشَنَاتٍ ḵaršanātin |
الْخَرْشَنَاتِ al-ḵaršanāti |
خَرْشَنَاتِ ḵaršanāti |
References
- Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “خرشنة”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart[1] (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 329